Isabela Seafood Market

This place is Awsome. They make the best paella in town, that’s what I had and it was delicious. My wife had the shrimp and lobster yellow rice, it was really good as well. If you are looking for rice and seafood this is the place.

My husband and I love a whole fried fish. We had dinner at Isabella’s last night and ordered the whole fried yellow tail snapper. We ordered white rice and fried green plantains as sides. We had been there before and had tried some other sides that were simply terrible so this time we opted for the simplest sides that are hard to mess up. The star of the meal was the succulent, delicious fried yellowtail. It was sinfully simple, It was perfection.
The place is a hole in the wall, no frills, very rough around the edges, dingy looking but we went for the fish and it did not disappoint. I know that we will be back because my husband devoured his fish, eyes and all (yuck, lol).

I like this place, and you can get a good fish sandwich here «pan con minuta» with a great savory batter on a Cuban bread roll with shredded lettuce and tomato. I love it, the fish fillet although boneless will still have the tail on so just be aware that is how it’s suppose to be.
I also like their conch and cod fritters, and their seafood soups. I would not order anything outside of that.
Service is pitiful, but it helps to speak the language. Like many other non chain Hispanic restaurants be prepared to wait. Even if you call ahead, when you get there, be prepared to wait.
The place is also a fish market so it smells like one, not a place you go for ambience or to take the family since most of the seating is on bar stools on a counter but great for take out if you stick to what they are good at.

I went to this place to buy some stone crabs. I asked if they had them and the woman behind the counter said she didn’t know and she called a guy over and I asked him. He thought about it and finally said that they had stone crabs. I asked how much they were and he said $ 10/​lb. I asked to see them since they weren’t on display and he said that I couldn’t see them. I thanked him and walked out.

I had a full fried fish which was not bad. However. .. horrible, horrible service. The food tasted old and pre-​cooked. We ordered fried calamari that could have been put on the bottom of a car as tires. When we didn’t want it, we tried sending it back and they wouldn’t take it back! Absolutely awful. The waitress tried telling us know one ever orders that and you shouldn’t order next time. The Moro rice was dry and someone had the fish soup and it tasted two days old and sour. I was really surprised I didn’t get sick from this place.